Unlocking a Moto phone's bootloader voids your right to sell your phone - no, really....

[@blubbspinat9363]

i heard the waiting time was implemented because of dickheads unlocking the bootloader to spike devices with malware that made them money and sell them on to unsuspecting customers who are now being spied on. Can't verify if that's actually a thing. But there actually were cases were people gave spiked phones to their ex-partners to be able to spy on them. With the wait time, this would become more difficult to hide.

[@rossmanngroup]

Because 0.1% of the population are dickheads. Take away ownership for the other 99.9% of the population that are not. Eh..... No. No. No.

[@tylern6420]

​@@rossmanngroup our school laptops are Lenovo ThinkPads from 2021 with a bunch of crappy software i honestly wouldnt be surprised if those things spied on us, i did find a config file for some software that mentioned some sort of IP, and parameters for like record and smoothness

[@xlukas93]

@@rossmanngroupI dont know how big this is, but when i was buying phone, this was a big problem in china. Maybe that is the reason? And by big i do not mean ex boyfrieds, but massive retailers spiking phones, mostly to install some version o the OS which contained software with apps from companies they had some deal with - so tracking for adds, in general way more annoying adds everywhere, inside software, different popups etc... and preinstalled apps that could not be uninstalled etc... That is why many manufacturers started to lock bootloaders. I am not saying it is right etc... but this was a thing, i dont know how big of a thing it is now.

[@blubbspinat9363]

​@@rossmanngroupIsn't that the reason we also have laws? Some things are only prohibited or strongly regulated because a few bad apples spoiled the fun and made honest and responsible people look bad. I agree on the point that limitations like the ones you showed should not exist. However, the manufacturer also has a point. That is what i tried to show. They should still find a better solution to this problem.

[@gernhartreinholzen3992]

They are already spiked with the manufacturer's malware and Trojans from the factory, that's why we need an open bootloader to delete them.

[@Wr41thgu4rd]

Unlock it, sell it, and crowd fund the litigation. This is absurd.

[@androiduberalles]

Make the eBay link public 😂

[@AuxiliaryPanther]

Make a website for only selling this model of unlocked phone.

[@Lmnop913]

Great idea

[@I.____.....__...__]

There wouldn't be a jury-trial, it would be a tort with a summary-judgement with a judge that the company paid off.

[@chitlitlah]

​@@I.____.....__...__ Yeah, there's probably a clause somewhere in a consumer agreement that says lawsuits have to go to arbitration and the company pays for the arbiter. How often is the arbiter going to rule against the hand that feeds?

[@QualityDoggo]

Lenovo seems determined to prove they are just as modern and problematic as everyone else despite owning the often-beloved ThinkPad brand

[@MonkeyJedi99]

Lenovo is just mad that they can't sell poorly made refrigerators. So they have to find another way to get one-up on LG.

[@I.____.....__...__]

IBM is the one who made the ThinkPad which was later acquired by Lenovo, a Chinese company, so is it really a surprise? 🤷

[@LabiaLicker]

@@I.____.....__...__ The Thinkpad design team post Lenovo purchase were the same people.

[@The_Boctor]

@@acmhfmggruThey had a couple of real duds before the acquisition. The late IBM ones were sometimes shoddy to begin with. The T40 line took multiple successive models to fix structural issues. That being said, the later ones have gotten embarrassingly bad, next to only a few IBM-era misfires. I have a T480 where gently pressing the power button resulted in the entire bezel cracking. When I dock my P50, sometimes the internal keyboard and mouse mysteriously disappear and no longer accept any input. If someone else hypothetically made a perfect copy of the trackpoint, I bet a large number of ThinkPad loyalists would ditch Lenovo.

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

"despite owning the once beloved ThinkPad brand". FTFY

[@inaka99]

No one, and I mean NO ONE on the internet does a rant as informative and enjoyable as Louis Rossman. No one. Great video man.

[@evgSyr]

"informative and unfortunate", you wanted to say.

[@HailStan11093]

​@@evgSyrStill enjoyable though!

[@robertsmith2956]

But can he still do it while chugging a Jägermeister? 🤤

[@ClearGalaxies]

You're right about that

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

Rossmann*

[@yewhanlim8916]

You live long enough. You saw a hero becomes a villain.

[@szabolcsmate5254]

Which is when investors take over. They will burn everything for short term gain. This is how modern capitalism works. But they will also make sure to make it hard for you to move on. So you stay a bit longer to be milked.

[@farhanrejwan]

@@szabolcsmate5254 very well said

[@BrendanBrown1]

"If you don't wanna hear me rant" Louis, I thought we had a deal? I click on your videos, and you give me a good rant about some garbage company that doesn't deserve my money! Keep them coming

[@DarkForce2024]

The problem is the vast majority of consumers really don't care what OS is on their computer OR phone. They just want to get on their Facebook and Twitter, and post about what they had for breakfast as if anyone gives a rat's ass. BUT, that's the society we live in. They are uninformed, don't CARE to be informed, and that's why companies get away with this shit.

[@BrianMcKee]

Even then Lenovo has been pissing on Motorola owners with delayed/non existent updates, shitty software, and short support windows. They're doing their best to grind the company into the dirt.

[@alec1575]

Sad, but very true

[@jeffgualandijr9420]

man, could not be said better.

[@TreesPlease42]

Default everything gray blobs born to consume

[@CnCDune]

I'd like to say that while I am one of those who doesn't care about the OS on the laptop/desktop, it's only for my 2000-ish era games, not social media. Which, AFAIK, only Windows can do.

[@braddofner]

I will listen to you rant and tear shit up for hours my dude!

[@jeffgualandijr9420]

yes! i love the brutality of honesty. cannot get it anywhere els.

[@I.____.....__...__]

I LOVE to listen to Louis Rossmann and Ross Scott and JS Sterling (damn, not Scott Sterling or Sterling Louis to keep the chain going) rant about bad stuff. I really enjoy feeling the rage at garbage and injustice. I think I might be a masochist. 🤔 I need to watch The Dodo and Geobeats as a palette-cleanser.

[@rollymaster16]

I've been waiting like a week for a tear up vid.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

I used to have problems relating to my Dad, he was so argumentative. But now I start to realize that when he got into on the phone or something, it was likely because some crappy corporation probably was trying to cheat him. I love listening to Louis Rossman's rants, because he makes so much sense, and he encourages us to not take the crap either. Way too many weak and effeminate men in today's society, a lot of what is wrong with it.

[@ZovyKaslana]

In ONE contract they claim to disassociate with you and the product while then going on to control what you do with that product.

[@hubertnnn]

This reminds me how bitchy Orange ISP is in Poland. When signing contract with them the last point said "I agree to terms of Mobile Internet" and Gave me a separate document to sign called "Terms of LTE internet". Fun fact: its not the same thing, one document stated that when my contract ends I will loose internet access, while the other stated that it will automatically extend. Try to guess what happened after the contract ended. If you answered, that they removed my internet access but were still charging me money, then you are correct. I had to pay for 3 extra months without having any internet access due to their 3 months cancellation period.

[@fruituproot]

​@@hubertnnnbruh what? That's stu- bs

[@Raketenclub]

if they dont want you to sell it... they must buy it back :) sue them.

[@wobblyboost]

A contract that removes the ball and chain while attaching a leash and shock collar.

[@argoneum]

"Warranty will be void if you get the code" "OK" "Now you have to wait one week before the code will work" "Nonono, you didn't say that before, I decline, give me back my money" "You got the code, there is no warranty, cya"

[@Jenny_Digital]

It gets even more sketchy when you realise that companies are abusing open source software and at the same time, paying politicians to make rules to bully open source out of the marketplace! I HATE corporate greed.

[@wolfpackflt670]

Vote with your wallet. The consumer base has all of the power. What will they do when funds dry up because of their idiocy?

[@szabolcsmate5254]

The whole model of modern capitalism is broken.

[@szabolcsmate5254]

@@wolfpackflt670 but this is a problem. Every good company becames d.ckheads as they grow and investor interets take over. But then you move to a good company, the same thing happens. They will also make moving hard, and hope you stay so they can milk you. To make investors happy.

[@Jenny_Digital]

@@szabolcsmate5254 True, but so is communism. I guess we need a new system that accounts for the selfish side of humanity in a manner that prevents the pigs of animal farm.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

@@szabolcsmate5254 Democrats manage to break most any -ism that they touch. _The Democrat Party Hates America_ , an apt recent tittle from Mark Levin. I used to listen to him on talk radio, so I thought his book probably would be good to read, also my civic duty to read.

[@QwoaX]

"you may not sell it or otherwise transfer the device." This is straight-up dangerous. In other words, you have to keep it unti the lithium battery spontaneously combusts. You can't transfer it to recycling. Then again, you can disassemble it and sell it as "spare parts for a whole phone". The "device" no longer exists.

[@the_pseudo_nim]

But like the rants are fully 100% why I'm here. I have yet to find another YT channel where the advice is intelligent, clever, logical, well reasoned, cut & dry with no flowery language, devoid of blowing smoke up our asses & topped with a healthy dose of pure hatred for corporate greed.

[@drunkensquirrel7545]

Same.

[@MR-nl8xr]

Polycentric comments are the only real comments. All these are just wanabes.

[@johnsmith8981]

You told me right at the beginning this would be a 20 minute rant and it's not even 15 minutes come on man. Give me the full 20 minute rant or I want my money back 🤣 And yeah that code thing is bullshit. I'm glad that Lenovo allows you to unlock the bootloader but that definitely pisses me off the only reason I buy Motorola's is because they are cheap, close to stock, fairly easy to repair, support SD cards, and at least actually let you change the bootloader but the code thing is total crap that legal shit pissed me off too.

[@rossmanngroup]

There was almost as much false advertising when I timed the length of my rant as there were in my past videos claiming Lenovo was a good company.

[@GeoStreber]

You have to wait one week to get access to the full rant.

[@johnsmith8981]

@@rossmanngroup Shit posting aside I would love to see you unlock the bootloader and then return it telling them you did that and then fight them in court if they challenged you. I feel like this is illegal I mean I'm no lawyer but wouldn't that violate the Magnuson-Moss Act?

[@chadog900]

I have KZbin set to 1.25x bc most YTers drag on one subject for 10 min for ad revenue, but Louis talks so fast that normal speed is barely sufficient.

[@ediartiva]

​@@rossmanngroup Are you planning to add a note to all those old videos? Could take a while.

[@syoung4471]

I feel like in current year every company has the "hold my beer" mentality. Whenever I think a company cannot sink any lower, ta da someone raises the bar ( or lowers it depending on how you look ta it). Since I barely use my phone, my husband just got us the LG phones for $100 each through Mint mobile. He has Samsung Galaxy ( work provided) and an iPhone ( client provided). The only difference I really see is the speed between my cheaper phone and those two more expensive phones. I'm sick of all these companies personally. I'm sick of windows being the Harvey of software. How many times do I have to say no to windows upgrade? How many times do I have to say no to restarting my computer to update it? The only reason I didn't just switch to Linux is because I play online video games. I love when I get up and come back to my computer restarting after I said no 20x.

[@badluckprophet9103]

Which online games? A bunch of them just work on Linux if they don't have really awful anticheat built in. To which I say I don't need that game that badly. But also dual booting is an easy option if you like to do things on your pc other than game but want the option to play fortnite or whatever.

[@badluckprophet9103]

@pootispiker2866 First of all, nothing is perfect. Linux can come close for those who care because it can be customized. For those who don't, I get it, most people dont have the time or desire to tinker with their os. In regards to gaming though, linux not supporting these anti cheats is more feture than bug. For example, I won't play Valorant due to the aggressive and invasive nature of its anti cheat. It feels like holding a gun to everyone's head to keep people honest during your family game of monopoly. Like I get that cheaters suck, but it's not worth the security of my whole pc to make it harder (not even impossible) to cheat in a game. Linux is a meme because Microsoft pays good money to have windows as the default operating system. Same reason android forks never took off mainstream. The mainstream don't even change their wifi passwords despite the security risks. People want to go with the default even when the default is obviously more flawed.

[@papagal2553]

you mean " hold my bud light" :D

[@ventilate4267]

"Obama you made me a racist"

[@YodaWhat]

​@@papagal2553- Bud Light? Don't make me laugh! American beers have always been piss. In fact, one of the founding fathers of USA is reported to have said of American beer, "Put it back in the horse!"

[@MrVagyok]

Louis, I think the key takeaway from this is, that it is soooooooooooo criminal to be rich using opensource and than keep using it, and than going to that extra length to taking everyone else’s rights out if they try to use opensource (especially if they want to sell it afterwards and get some minuscule profit on it?)? This is the primary problem here, that they are criminals and the opensource contributors get nothing meaningful $$$$ from the profits these corporate (you can substitute a name here to whatever corporation that has really sizeable revenue) criminals are taking continuously!!!

[@dagg497]

The sickest contract that can be internationally enforced is Ferraris ownership contract. Deadmau5 couldn't vynil wrap his car he bought, Ferrari sued him for brand damage. So It would be the same IF you repainted the car then. IF I would ever own a Ferrari I think their paint job sucks! It looks flat and one dimensional. I would use a Pearl white or Deep Audi rouge red instead. But I would be sued by Ferrari. I also think the buttons and dashboard looks like LEGO and would like 1 color on all the buttons. HOW in the fukk can they litigate a customer over a purchased object!!?? In most countries consumer/business agreement like that are dissmissable in court because they put the consumer in an unreasonable dissadvantage!

[@rojorum2433]

And I was about to buy a Lenovo monitor that was on sale too, glad to get the warning Louis.

[@rossmanngroup]

Lenovo is a sad shell of what they once were. I'm not saying Lenovo was amazing before, but they had an opportuinity, inheriting Motorola & IBM's designs & brands. Rather than make the most of their opportunities, Lenovo slowly grinded their reputation into the dirt. They worked hard to destroy the brands they bought.

[@DKNguyen3.1415]

@@rossmanngroup But think of the shareholders!

[@jpsuper]

⁠@@DKNguyen3.1415exactly… those poor shareholders! 😂👍🏻 I have a Lenovo ThinkPad through my work. It is still an amazing device, but I thank Louis to keep me on my tose and privately make the right decission. BTW I have had already 90sec of ads at the 10 min mark.

[@jeffvoitek4392]

This has nothing to do with anything besides phones in their product line, Lenovo is a good to mostly great company IMO, they just don't want to deal with warranty calls for bricked devices and if you request an unlock code to install a "non-supported" - (yea that's in quotes) OS it just makes their lives easier, so it's a tit for tat, yea you can do what you want with the OS on the device but don't bug us about it, does it suck if theirs a systemic hardware issue a lil down the road? Yea it sucks but they just don't want to outright replace devices for software caused issues. (ps... I swear I do not nor have I ever worked for Lenovo/IBM).

[@tin2001]

​@jeffvoitek4392 Don't care. If Lenovo is acting this way on phone issues, they're minutes away from making the same ridiculous statements on their laptops and servers and such.

[@ananon5771]

You're 100% right, it sucks how much ownership is obfuscated, and then they claim you are hurting them when you mod your device.

[@katkatthecat]

Remember Futurama when Bender was overclocked and the lawsuit mountain that followed by Mom

[@kazi1]

This is informative and unfortunate.

[@rossmanngroup]

Very informative, and very unfortunate.

[@TheExileFox]

@@rossmanngroup Huawei has been the same shit

[@studiotvar]

Scary shit and the change goes stupidly fast for all manufacturers!

[@GamerSuper91]

​@@rossmanngroup can i contact you?

[@fifty6737]

FINALLY Someone spoke about it i've been frustrated every time i buy new phone trying to unlock the bootloader and install my favourite custom rom, because the stock is always bloated and slow each generation of phone it's getting increasingly more annoying trying to unlock the bootloader from the samsung bootloaders that can be unlocked by you can't get any rom to work because of their security bs, to huawei shutting down unlock website, to xiaomi forcing you to wait 164 hours i was so confused why people doesn't even care that they purchased an expensive mini computer that they can't install what they want in it it's time for new laws to be drafted in this dystopian tech world - it should be illegal to sell any device with a locked bootloader, all kind of software locks should be unlockable the minute the customer want to - it should be illegal for company like apple to lock a 1000$ phone to only use their store and force payments to go through them, or prevent browser or any kind of technology from their phone - it should be illegal for a company to dictate anything about your device after your purchased it - it should be illegal for a company to sell printers that only works with their ink cartridges it's honestly the wild fucking west in consumer hardware/software and the hammer should be dropped on this bullshit

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

I remember when it was easy to go into Settings on Android, and turn off the feature restricting loading apps to only from their store. That was supposed to be a security feature, to make sure that is really what you want to do. Disable your setting, download the app from whatever "unsecure?" website, then re-enable it for security. But at least it was the user's/owner's choice. How is it now?

[@chrisjeanneret5091]

As an owner of a Lenovo and a Motorola I'm so glad I never read the terms of service lol. There was a great video about a home appliance repair shop in France. They had a brisk business repairing TV's that would fail early because of poor design. At first the repair was easy, but the company kept making it harder and harder, both to replace the bad component and even get replacement parts. They attempted to get an official response from the company. Silly people...

[@timothystevenhoward]

that South Park impression was spot on. I'm guessing there is a room full of lawyers rubbing their chests and ordering new bentleys somewhere.

[@Dovahscale]

@9:20 my favorite part

[@kaseywahl]

Keep preaching Louis. I came to this video to come to church. Someone needs to keep a running list of companies that people shouldn't buy from and links to the reasons why. This is gold.

[@DrDavidThor]

Amen.

[@ralphnewman2479]

Oh yea! I know it can get discouraging Mr Rossmann, but *please* don't despair! You are needed and really loved out here! Love your videos and your attitude! Never let the bastards get you down!!

[@littletyke76]

Basically every one then? Just cos we haven't seen it yet doesn't mean it isn't there.

[@evalangley3985]

Nothing I love more than giving up MY RIGHTS!

[@drunkensquirrel7545]

It's worse than simply giving away our rights, we're actually paying a whole lot of $$$ for the privilege! Not just with tech, either.

[@MR-nl8xr]

" companies nowadays want to own each and every aspect of your life, and with each new technological paradigm, they take away a little bit of freedom." -Louis Rossman

[@farhanrejwan]

@@pootispiker2866 suddenly communist 😂

[@hunterleach5710]

It's my property, my phone, I'll do whatever I want with it because I own the device and if they don't like that, I don't care. . I fully agree with him

[@commentwar4802]

I agree with you so much. You can ONLY unlock Samsung devices that're international. Not North American... why?? OEM unlocking isn't just disabled, it's completely removed from Android, making unlocking impossible, forcing you to use Samsung's software. I don't want to use Samsung's software, they're forcing me to.

[@KevinFarleyWV]

Louis is a rant artist. I give it a 10 out of 10.

[@MyName-tb9oz]

Rossmann Rants are pretty much the best thing on the internet. It's like pr0n for logic and critical thinking.

[@glmchn]

make it a 12 out of 10 imo

[@hubertnnn]

Shouldn't this be a base for an anti-monopoly lawsuit? Epic just sued google for making installing third party software too complicated. Someone should do the same related to installing operating systems too complicated.

[@oladrolahola]

But it's easy to install third party software on Android? Or is there something I'm missing?

[@NaoyaYami]

@@oladrolahola You need to explicitly give permission to installing 3rd party apks on Android devices, no? That's plenty complicated compared to Playstore's one-click install. (also I'm sure there were some other annoyances along the way but I dealt with them quite a while ago and don't remember everything about the process) Besides keep in mind that Google is one of those that preaches that apps on their official playstore are safe and appropriate (I guess as long as you ignore 99% of it's content that's either ad-farming shit, actual predatory f2p shit or basic tools with bloated filesizes and ad-infestation).

[@oladrolahola]

@@NaoyaYami it's the same thing when you're installing apps on PC's, you give permission. It's mostly for deniability, they can say you were warned in case whatever you downloaded was tampered with in a malicious way. That way they have the moral "high ground"

[@oladrolahola]

They also take responsibility for anything that happens through the play store. Or at least sometimes they do

[@NaoyaYami]

@@oladrolahola Sure, it's proper and polite to warn users of dangers of unofficial software. Issue is it's obstructive ("defending users from themselves" - these companies are not my parents, fuck off) not to mention super hypocritical as I've mentioned already.

[@JAF3D]

Louis doing the South Park cable guy impression was pure gold.

[@udaysingh9_11]

For real 🤣

[@handlemonium]

[brown noise ensues]

[@LeafBoye]

Not a huge rant guy but when I saw the comment I just had to watch half the video to see Louis angrily rubbing himself

[@littlered6340]

I wasn't ready, I haven't seen a reference to that since the year the episode came out. I laughed so hard.

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

It is a sad day when cartoons are no longer funny, but reflective of the awful way that psychopathic corporations jerk their customers around, pretending like we somehow agreed to their crap.

[@kamild_]

While I do own a Motorola phone at the moment, I bought it with an intention to unlock it only once my warranty is over, when the system updates inevitably slow down. That's because of how used I am to most phone manufacturers voiding warranty on bootloader unlock. But trying to forbid people from selling their unlocked phones? I had no idea, thank you for the warning. I'm nearing the 2 year "ownership" mark and now I'm considering selling the phone instead of unlocking it. Even though I bought this phone with an intention to use it until it breaks, I'd still rather have that option available for me. And it's a shame, because I like my current Motorola. Mostly vanilla Android with little bloatware, for once in my short life I was satisfied with the stock ROM. And it's more affordable than the Pixels are. Not sure what other choices I have.

[@munxprojectsalternative]

I like to listen your rants nomatter what is all about - anytime I usually learn atleast something - thank you for a great content! ☺

[@SteelHex]

I’m 100% convinced it’s their lawyers run amok. Somebody did something nasty and resold the phone, so to protect the company they absolutely overreached and put all sorts of bullshit measures in. The bottom line is: how can they PROVE to the court that they’re not responsible for the stuff done to their products? That line saying you can’t resell it is not enforceable, but it works in court to show that they’re not responsible for it once it’s resold. It’s redundant, but lawyers love it.

[@LovSven2011]

So, the letter of the law and the truth (or practically enforceable law) are are odds. How is a user that decides to read some legal licence agreement by the company he deals with supposed to know? Maybe something else is not enforceable also? Or do we have to call in a lawyer every time you by a f'''**g smart-phone / laptop or other device with a computer in it (so basically any device today)? Louis inspired me to have a mini rant. Hope you dont mind. :-) 🙂

[@SteelHex]

@@LovSven2011lawyers have put and will always put stupid stuff on contracts against you. If this is a specific contract (like for a house, car, etc.) you absolutely need to read to the last letter. For consumer goods most of the stuff is to cover their ass, they have no intention to go to court just because you sell a $100 phone to your neighbor. In any case, a contract is not absolute, it’s still subject to the law, and has to be ‘conscionable’. I think a software maker once hid a clause demanding your first born in the license agreement. There’s no way the court is gonna enforce that.

[@dagg497]

The sickest contract that can be internationally enforced is Ferraris ownership contract. Deadmau5 couldn't vynil wrap his car he bought, Ferrari sued him for brand damage. So It would be the same IF you repainted the car then. IF I would ever own a Ferrari I think their paint job sucks! It looks flat and one dimensional. I would use a Pearl white or Deep Audi rouge red instead. But I would be sued by Ferrari. I also think the buttons and dashboard looks like LEGO and would like 1 color on all the buttons. HOW in the fukk can they litigate a customer over a purchased object!!?? In most countries consumer/business agreement like that are dissmissable in court because they put the consumer in an unreasonable dissadvantage!

[@SilverKnightPCs]

It's actually kind of disappointing to see the decline of Lenovo in the last few years. For the same reasons that you stated we used to heavily recommend Lenovo. Their headquarters in the US was based in Raleigh just an hour away from us in North Carolina. They had durable products and actually provided true parity between Intel and AMD. When other manufacturers would only do intel-based laptops for the most part Lenovo would do high-performance AMD based systems which had higher core counts then what their Intel counterparts did at the same price point. Parts support used to be pretty good. Then at some point during the pandemic it all went to crap. We've had a titanium X1 in the store for almost 3 years waiting for a motherboard. 1 month after the warranty expired it failed on the customer. Still no parts support for a less than 2-year-old device at that time. Years later still nothing. That's just one example. We used to have a us-based account manager. Now everything is outsourced overseas. It's even more obvious that Lenovo is starting to work with the Chinese government on a more regular basis as many skus are not allowed to be sold to US Government contracts. That restriction would only exist if there was something on there that would be a conflict of interest.

[@johnhaller5851]

That, and the X1 Carbon with the power converter attached to the USB-C that fails if you ever try to run more power than the power converter can handle. Many firmware updates have been issued trying to address this issue, but people are still having the issue. There's a long thread on Lenovo's BBS about people with this problem.

[@BeidlPracker-vb8en]

"It used to be: you bought a computer - you could install any OS you wanted on it" This is so true. Back in the days my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 ran Darklord Note 7 until I bricked it because I wanted the Darklord Note 8.

[@MyReviews_karkan]

I miss those days. You can still get phones that don't mess with the bootloader like the OnePlus phone as long as you don't buy it from the carrier. This stuff happens only in the US and Canada. The rest of the world have their bootloaders untouched and can unlock them any time they want.

[@danielgaughan4243]

@@MyReviews_karkan That’s interesting that the u.s. and Canada are singled out. Whatever it is this satanic kabal fears it’s definitely from the people that believe in freedom and self-determination. The would-be rugged individualist. Tyrannical luciferian cults seem to much prefer an emasculated, unthinking hive mind than someone who believes in self-determination.

[@stankozniewski9385]

I didn't know you could actually brick them, I tried flashing roms for different phones and the worst I got was bootloops but clean the sd and install another and was good to go

[@MyReviews_karkan]

@@stankozniewski9385 Oh yeah, you were either luck or knew what you're doing. When Samsung introduced Knox, they literally made it kill the device physically if it got tripped. You had a total brick

[@stankozniewski9385]

@MyReviews_karkan I tripped Knox but back then I believe it only killed your warranty if something happened as even if you went back to stock rom your Knox counter had a number to it

[@solomassive6233]

I genuinely don’t understand why more people aren’t constantly livid about anti consumer tactics used by almost all tech companies. I know that most people think right to repair is a good thing. You should develop a good phone that allows people to install whatever they want and it won’t void warranties and offer fair repair pricing. I’m not saying you alone should, but I’m willing to bet some other technical experts would join your team if you tried. I want a phone like that but I just don’t have technical knowledge I need to do it. I probably can’t afford everything needed to convert a phone into something like that.

[@wisefix9256]

So glad I watched this video. I was about to buy a Motorola phone, and thought Louis probably has a good recommendation on Motorola phones, I have heard him before say nice things about Motorola phones, so let me see which one he recommends. So glad!

[@IanBPPK]

I guarantee you that it's not enforceable under First Sale Doctrine.

[@RicardoSantos-oz3uj]

Yes, but lawyers cost money.

[@I.____.....__...__]

People think a contract is air-tight and rock-solid, but they're not, that's just propaganda from scummy corporations. There have been many cases of courts ruling contracts / EULAs / TOSes / etc. invalid, and in some cases, outright ILLEGAL. For example, Microsoft's _infamous_ "by opening this box, you agree to the enclosed terms" nonsense. A more intense contract was when Bernd Brandes consented to being eaten by Armin Meiwes. Meiwes was convicted.

[@joes9954]

@@RicardoSantos-oz3ujTHAT'S why things need to change and the loser pays. In that scenario Lenovo would not sue because they know they would lose.

[@blackrifle6736]

@@RicardoSantos-oz3uj*Among other issues, GSG and GFE exist for that purpose.*

[@mjc0961]

@@joes9954 Loser pays wouldn't change anything. Lawyers want to get paid on a regular basis, not work for free for years and then get a big win several years down the road. Lawyers are like everyone else and have rent and utilities and food and whatnot to pay for, they can't work on cases for free all the time and just not have money. So you're going to need to pay your lawyer to work on the case for years, and most of us cannot afford to do that, so we'd never get to the end of the trial to get Lenovo to pay. Lenovo might not sue if loser pays, but they're still going to put illegal clauses in their user agreements and still deny users warranty coverage because they also know the user isn't going to sue them.

[@ben--]

Thats kind of the sad truth of the matter, that you cannot trust any good company to not one day turn around and start screwing their customers because they realized that they could save/earn half a penny more from them by treating even their most loyal customers like trash. And I'd applaud you for actually coming out and saying how bad Lenovo has gotten, rather than turning a blind eye just to save your pride.

[@I.____.....__...__]

That's the rule. ALL companies eventually end after enough time. Some companies don't survive at all and go extinct, others, like Atari are bought and sold and become empty shells and brands, others like IBM evolve into something completely different, and some like RCA _devolve_ into worthless sludge, hocking Chinesium garbage. It doesn't matter how old the company was or how prestigious or how powerful, nothing lasts forever. 🤷

[@simonspacek3670]

@@I.____.....__...__ There is only one company older than 40 years that I still trust, C. S. Osborne. And Lenovo made me really sad. They were really good.

[@nexus438]

These tech companies have absolute disdain for their customers. Loved your rant !

[@Djhg2000]

It's bullshit like this that pushed me away from Android. Now all my phones run either postmarketOS, Mobian, or don't run at all. With Waydroid I can even still run some Android apps (like Grayjay) while I give a fat middle finger to apps that want raw hardware access (like all those "we have a shitty app to show an embedded browser" apps), because they sure as hell aren't getting hardware access. My life has been so much less stressful knowing that the device I use as a mobile communication hub isn't trying to sell my current location to the highest bidder.

[@Randy-nb6fw]

most flagship samsung or similar phones from a year or two ago do have options for custom roms. sadly this long development time is due to the restrictions that sumsung etc put in place that are worked around eventually. On top of that, most of these roms are built from mix and match driver sets, workarounds or even leaked code as source code for essential parts of the system are usually kept private by manufacturers. Because of this there are often times missing features that somtimes are essential like camera, fingerprint scanner or cell modem stuff.

[@RSTypeContent]

clownworld is such a good way to describe existing nowdays

[@YarsRevenge1978]

This may be my favorite Rossman Rant ever. "GO TO YOUR ROOM AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU DID WHEN YOU INSTALLED ARCH LINUX YOUNG MAN!"

[@dampintellect]

Hyuck hyuck, I'll do it again. (Installs arch)

[@Zmyszen]

13:08

[@AshnSilvercorp]

@@dampintellect Oh I'll do it again any day. (but actively maintaining it in two places at once? Maybe not)

[@YarsRevenge1978]

Go to your room, BTW!

[@Gramini]

I'd reconsider my choice and install Kali next. If I'm going "hacker man", then for real.

[@MigranBTW]

I liked the video in the first 20 seconds as it reflected perfectly why I watch this channel and after 12:32 I knew I should donate since I can't like twice. I wish I had the money to find as many god awful EULAs and the like as I could, break them and actually challenge this stuff in court.

[@CircumlunarFeasibility]

I wish i knew the eggbert stuff you are talking about, but i do enjoy you explaining some of it.

[@ducdashot1239]

louis, we always wanna hear you rant, theres a lot of companies we like but those companies are getting too comfortable being unquestioned so its nice seeing someone keep questioning them when companies forget that they NEED our money and should stop acting like they dont

[@QualityDoggo]

my understanding on Qualcomm, they also own some of the patents controlling their "better" wireless tech... so they can overcharge OEMs to have decent cell service :/

[@rossmanngroup]

It sucks. No competition. :(

[@hubertnnn]

@@rossmanngroup Pretty much patents and copyrights in general are what prevents technology from progressing, since no legal standardization can happen and many companies have to wait until patents expire before using a certain tech, at which point it is usually already outdated.

[@fuloplehel]

​​@@hubertnnnThat is true, but when you investing millions of dollars in research and development, maybe you want to make some money from your invention. I was thinking if no patents and copyright protecting your invention, would you like to give it away for free, and just continuing spending millions for research. Apple is forced to pay Qualcomm for the 5G modems, even after they bought Intel's modem business and patents. It's simple, without money nobody could sustain the innovation. But this has nothing to do with this anti consumer practices.

[@jannikheidemann3805]

@@fuloplehel Yes I would like to spend millions of dollars to do research and develop new technology for free public access to the knowledge and technology. That's what tax money is for, funding the stuff that benefits the public like roads, rails, schools, safe travel routes and knowledge. Science and technology benefit greatly from open sharing and being reproduced and improved upon by others.

[@MandoMTL]

China's IP should be respected as much as ours is in China.

[@NaoyaYami]

Louis, your's one of the channels that convinced me to slowly transition out of these corporate prisons. I'm already using F-Droid as my 1st source for apps for my Android phone (still not ready to de-googlefy it completely especially since I'm new to it), slowly reorganizing my PC files and tools to go full Linux (using Win10 with some restrictions I placed on it for the time being) and of course slowly moving out of any Google services as well (email will be long one as I've been using it for over 10 years now). Thank you for your work.

[@tagert1975]

Not a crime to sell it. It's a civil matter. They have to figure out you sold the phone and then sue you in court. Odds are they won't do this anyone unless they've unlocked and sold about thousand phones. At that point they will lose in court.

[@MaryDunford]

They'll drag it out and make your life miserable. It's the first scumbag play. All corrupt organizations do it. Just ask any informed, sane, Canadian over the age of 25. We see it on a near daily basis.

[@armamentarmedarm1699]

If they ruin the seller with legal costs, they win.

[@amicaaranearum]

Many people do not understand the distinction between criminal and civil. Violating the terms of a contract is not illegal; it’s just a breach of contract.

[@amicaaranearum]

If they sued you for selling your phone after you unlocked the bootloader, they could probably prevail on liability - after all, the terms of the contract are clear - but damages would be so low that it would not be worth the hassle. It’s less about wanting to sue people for selling unlocked phones and more about wanting to shield the manufacturer from liability to second-hand buyers. Let’s say that I modify my phone in a way that makes it possible for the battery to be overcharged, and then I sell that phone. While it is charging overnight, the battery ignites, and the new owner’s house burns down. If Motorola didn’t tell people not to sell their unlocked phones, the new owner might try to argue that Motorola should be liable because it should have foreseen that someone would sell their modified phone. That’s an extreme example, and I’m not arguing that it’s a _realistic_ example, but that’s how lawyers think.

[@JodyBruchon]

​@@amicaaranearum A lot of people can't understand that a contract without enforcement doesn't do anything. Sometimes contracts are breached but the non-breaching party doesn't pursue remedies. Sometimes it's not worth the effort, sometimes the breach is minor.

[@ducdashot1239]

a big reason lenovo has been going down this route is due to the fact that they are a hong kong company and ever since hong kong was absorbed back into the chinese mainland all the hong kong based tech companies have been doing this shit because of a huge amount of corruption, a lot of the innovative engineers leaving the companies and theres a ton of chinese gov regulations that require them to basically make their tech spyware. it sucks, im sure a decent amount of it is just for the sake of money and to increase profits but the dissolving of hong kongs independence likely also plays a big role as we've seen so many hong kong companies go this route.

[@TheNeverPoet]

Louis is my favourite person for insane tech rants, mostly because I'm also insane and I agree with basically everything he's ever said (so far)

[@binbadende]

In three years' time, we will be watching these videos secretly in a remote village in South America, because our computers and cell phones will self-destruct if we use them to watch "unsafe content".

[@SL4RK]

I wouldn't be surprised if someday they do indeed

[@andrewphi4958]

Actually, most radio transmitters have the kill switch that could be activated remotely. I think computing equipment could too, but consumer stuff has so many bugs and holes that it's not really necessary )

[@moderndiscourse]

*Slowly stands up and applauds*

[@Rainings]

Louis, Motorola/Lenovo is not the 1st manufacturer that do this, I have a Xiaomi Poco f1, 6 years ago when I first got the phone, in order to unlock the bootloader, I need to wait for the one week count down timer. Basically keeping the device in the box after submitted the request. It's ridiculous I completely feel you.

[@kamild_]

As an ex-POCO phone owner, I remember when the period was 3 days instead of 7. But yeah, that's not new.

[@SL4RK]

Didn't this come out with the redmi ?

[@Rainings]

@@SL4RKPoco series is another spin off brand from Xiaomi.

[@SL4RK]

@@Rainings I'm aware, but we were talking about the bootloader, hasn't xiaomi been doing this since redmi?

[@Rainings]

​@@SL4RKI don't rmb much details, my only redmi phone is redmi note 2, poco f1 is an upgrade from that. I've jumped ship to fruit brand since then. Gosh I miss we can do whatever sh!t we want on android. Still miss the freedom, but now many manufacturer allow that anymore, like samsung.

[@blurigard447]

Don't hold back Louis. Tell us what you really think!

[@DerekDumas]

Louis you just saved my butt again, I am looking for a phone now, as the old contract through t mobile is over. So I'm in the market for a new phone. This just cleared up alot about my choices. Thank you again my friend.

[@harrisc8101]

I love the rants of an intelligent man whonis well informed and has a sincere value of integrity.

[@telluridecolorado8918]

Dell is doing the same thing now: I've been working with a client that has a hotel and restaurant. When a guest has lunch/dinner the POS system (Aloha) need to send the ticket data to the property Management Software. The Aloha server can only transmit data over serial, the PMS only excepts data over Ethernet. So an interface computer is used to translate the data. The interface computer is a brand new Dell workstation running Windows 11. Apparently Windows 11 uses virtual USB ports and it's causing a problem with Aloha. I contacted Dell and asked if i could downgrade the machine to Windows 10. I was repeatedly told by Dell support that the computer will not run any other OS besides Win 11 and if i tried it would "void the warranty." I'm not allowed to downgrade or use any other OS on the computer even though we own the machine. A computer should be a generic piece of hardware (like a phone) that you can use for your needs. But not when a company controls how you use it, the hardware becomes far less useful.

[@remixedcat]

dual boot and see if that helps. Another option is to install Windows in UEFI mode. By default, the Media Creation Tool for windows 10 creates installation media to install Windows in Legacy mode, to be able to install Windows in UEFI mode you will need to create the installation media using a third-party tool.

[@telluridecolorado8918]

@@remixedcatFrom what i can tell the BIOS is preventing the install of Windows 10. That's why i called Dell support in the first place. I installed a new SSD and tried every way possible to install Win 10 on the machine. Simply would not install, and apparently, if i try i could, void the warranty. There is still a communication problem between the POS and PMS. I works sometimes, but it's not consistent. We're using an inexpensive Dell workstation as a server. The computer only has one job to do: To pass data between the two systems.

[@remixedcat]

what model workstation is it? @@telluridecolorado8918

[@remixedcat]

Another option is to install Windows in UEFI mode. By default, the Media Creation Tool creates installation media to install Windows in Legacy mode, to be able to install Windows in UEFI mode you will need to create the installation media using a third-party tool like Rufus and disable legacy/csm mode on the rufus ui @@telluridecolorado8918

[@remixedcat]

see the edit on my post youtube removed the comment

[@CreedStonegate]

It's so great that you're out there calling these scumbags on their shit. Although I fear a dystopian future coming that you'll have to do a 24/7 livestream just to call out all the abuses and destruction of consumer rights

[@youtubasoarus]

@@imgladnotu9527 Exactly but it was foreshadowed even earlier than that. Warnings have always been shouted but it's the dumb masses that are apparently so easily controlled that allow these companies to march us into said dystopia.

[@paulmcgrath2175]

I worked at motorola pcs for 7 years before google bought it. We took great pride in making a quality product.

[@orpheus0108]

I hate corporations trying to control all aspects of technology. Everything should be wide open and customizable. Not serialized and locked where any attempts at customization bricks the device.

[@amaldytiburcio8518]

The same thing is happening to xiaomi. They allowed to unlock the bootloader before pretty easily. After thet switched to hyperos it is a nightmare to unlock it. Would you mind checking on that. And expose that company. Thanks. You are one of the few who show those bad practices from the companies. Keep it up.

[@SL4RK]

It would be nice to mention about bloatware and slowing down older devices, I have at least a few xiaomi devices and after a while they slow them down on purpose and add a bunch of adware garbage to the built-in apps, miui is literally garbage!

[@Onefourtyfour]

Louis, I would just like to take a moment to tell you that we're thankful for everything you do for us as consumers!

[@julian.morgan]

12:51 I made the same vow regarding Apple products in 2014 (Trashcan triggered) and I'm happy to follow your lead re Motorola and Lenovo. That said consumers should bear in mind that the world is full of secondhand phones, laptops and PC's that'll work perfectly well to do 99% of what we need to do - unless you have a niche professional use case that forces you to swallow it - and IMO the best way to hurt these companies is simply not to buy anything new. Instead do your research on what is reliable, what is well built and what is repairable and upgradeable. Written on a 2011 MacBook Pro with fried dGPU running Big Sur thanks to Opencore.

[@SrObser]

I have a 2011 MBP as well, and I can't begin to say how disappointed I am at apple's lack of support. It would run perfectly fine, if not for the company's sabotage that makes everything difficult on purpose.

[@julian.morgan]

@@SrObserFor me it started with a 2006 Mac Pro. As I only learned a couple of years later - since it wasn't something Apple were exactly going to tell anyone - they saved a few cents by using a 32bit EFI chip. Supposedly this stopped this so called "pro" computer from being upgraded to versions of OS X requiring a 64bit EFI. Then some genius whizz kid (Tiamo) made it possible to somehow spoof the OS into working on the 2006 Mac Pro. My point is that if a genius kid could figure this out then of course Apple very deliberately and cynically decided NOT to do it, since one of their engineers could probably have done it in a lunch break. Later on instruction sets were built into CPUs that the 2006 Xeons just didn't have - which would have been a perfectly acceptable end of life explanation. I don't expect hardware to live forever - just not to be made artifically and cynically obsolete. Companies have to be made to understand that loyalty is earned and Apple lost mine over a decade ago and I haven't given them a penny since.

[@m7ts229]

Great video, I also felt the same as smartphone companies, which has stopped giving free os updates even though the hardware supports new os, and as a consumer, it's our right to have unlock code for our device bootloader

[@andrewr1355]

Hey Louis… I feel your anger in my own soul. Big props to you for standing up to the big tech nonsense. I’ve only been buying secondhand devices for the last two or three years and I’ll keep doing it until I can afford a Frame Work. (Just ordered an old T400 on eBay…)

[@bustergundo516]

I will not be buying anything from lenovo.

[@rossmanngroup]

and you shouldn't.

[@hubertnnn]

@@rossmanngroup At this point we are running out of companies we can buy from.

[@simonspacek3670]

@@rossmanngroup It is damn sad. Lenovo was really good brand. When you compare Lenovo and HP, for Lenovo we had a tech come once in a month, maybe once in two months, for HP we had him there every Thursday and he usually had parts for two or three computers (we were changing batteries and fans, he was doing things like monitor replacement, camera replacement, figuring why OS installation refused to run and so). I still have a C200 at home. I know, it is old enough to drink, it is slow, screen is not great anymore (sometimes a weird line appears there) and it runs on WinXP, but still, it is running. I had Lenovo phone some 6 years ago and it was good machine. Soon after they decided to not make more phones and signed the deal with Motorola. And now they are doing this. I really liked that company. Now they are doing everything they can to make me buy from different brand. But I don't know if any other brand is any better nowadays.

[@jurisjancevskis9076]

​​@@rossmanngroupI have a motorola g10, am I safe from lenovo-related BS? Edit: I got it for my birthday like 2-3 years ago

[@SamarthPatil2120]

​@@rossmanngroup What should we buy? No Samsung, No moto or Apple, then what?

[@TheQuickSilver101]

If I didn't want to hear Louis rant for 20 minutes I wouldn't be subscribed to this channel. Bring on the rants!

[@albertusvanlubeeck9161]

The reasons companies are against the right to repair and create walled gardens are not only because it's lucrative but also because many people are okay with it due to their lack of technological literacy. They don't trust themselves with true control of their devices. This is particularly evident in the Apple ecosystem, where I've had people tell me that Apple knows better. When people are ignorant about a topic, they often seek an authority to make decisions for them. I don't mind people choosing that path, but I do think it's unfair for others to be dragged into it. Why should I be punished because others refuse to learn?

[@Br3ttM]

And worse, those people don't just do this with private companies and products they personally use, they vote to have the government treat other people this way. It's like dystopian fiction, except the politicians are much less subtle and competent, but the population begs politicians to be their parents anyway.

[@77cats-2]

This is how society works, we can only go as fast as the slowest of us. Read dumbest.

[@csollermoller]

finally a proper rant about a proper topic.

[@FungalHorror]

Agree on most points here, but with modern phone batteries having to tow a tight line with thermals to get their high recharge speeds, capacity etc. isn't the manufacturer somewhat sensible in including a warranty exception when a user throws on an unknown OS that has the potential to fuck that off balance and start blowing up phone batteries? Maybe I don't know enough about how this stuff works and it's all sitting on a hardwired chip that isn't affected by the user's OS? For transparency I've been a long term user of moto's phones (not exclusively) from their budget g5 and g8 line to currently using their excellent edge+ 2023.

[@NETWizzJbirk]

Louis the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act makes this illegal to void a hardware warranty based on this. Sure they don’t have to cover the software warranty though. Just like if you use after-marker tires, your car manufacturer cannot void the warranty on your car radio.

[@joes9954]

ALL tech firms blatantly ignore MM. That's the only reason Apple has gotten away with as much as they have. Congress is useless and Apple could make anyone penniless trying to go after them in court. They would make their court costs back in less than a day of iPhone sales.

[@rossmanngroup]

That requires an FTC with teeth.

[@LorenzJahn]

@@rossmanngroup I don't know US law, but I know German law. In Germany, such terms of conditions wouldn't be legal. Here nobody can forbid you to sell your stuff. Surprising clauses are generally illegal here too. They can be written in there, but they simply don't apply when it comes to court. And our two years statutory warranty law cannot be undermined by such clauses as well. So it doesn't matter whether any supervisory authority has no teeth.

[@NETWizzJbirk]

@@rossmanngroup You are right. No government Agency actually protects consumers despite their legislative mandate and whole reason for existing.

[@michaelblair5566]

What is sad is I once worked for IBM. Before it's server business was sold to Lenovo.

[@yoitsrob]

It's getting harder and harder to "do your own research" now with things like this you wouldn't even think to look in to. Use to be about specs and reliability. I bought Diablo 3 to play single player a while back on the switch; the servers were down. To play offline you had to first sign into the server, so I couldn't use the product. I asked for a refund and after a long discussion with customer service they said they would refund it. The service rep then told me that this refund was a one time thing, and that I should do more research the next time I buy a game. I SHOULDNT HAVE TO LOOK UP "HEY GOOGLE CAN I ACTUALLY PLAY THIS GAME THAT IM BUYING ON THE OEM UNMODDED HARDWARE?"

[@bluedistortions]

Stop buying shit blizzard products. They have disdain for their customers, because such people have no self respect. It's actually a pattern for all human interactions: humans who are doing wrong become proportionally angry against the people who allow it to happen.

[@Breaker197]

Goddamn i love how fkn salty you got in this video! The sheer number times you started the "fk you, fk your company..." rant is just awesome. You're a true hero.

[@ZoeBios121]

I was burned all the way back in the T61 (lenovo took over around the T60 gen) Days when the MX140 would desolder itself due to heat. I begged them after 3 board replacements under warranty to just give me the iGPU option instead of making a fool of my 2007 $1400 purchase (about 2k 2024 dollars). That said, I was this close to considering a Moto G this week. Thank you for your continued ability to cite your sources (even your own) in full view and also to admit when you're wrong.

[@meson183]

Those unlock conditions read like they are designed to prevent a business from taking their phones, installing their own OS and reselling them. The week long time looks like it's meant to slow them down and make it impractical to do so. Whether or not that is the case, it's still bullcrap. Our company used to use Lenovo as principle supplier of laptops. And they were solid reliable pieces of kit. Then they switched to using HP kit for about five years which was a disaster. As soon as the contract was over they switched back to Lenovo, it remains to be seen if Lenovo laptops are as good as they were before. Can't comment on their phones. For my phone, I moved to a Google Pixel four years ago. I did that because I got fed up with all the undeleteable bloatware you end up with from brands like Samsung and HTC. At least the Pixel was relatively lean in that regard, and more of the specced memory was mine to use.

[@BrandEver117]

"Hi I'd like to buy this car, I plan to take the back seats out and use it as a cargo van" "Okay great, but just so you know, When you remove the seat the car will immediately become immobilized for one week. Also your warranty will be null and void because as we all know, removing a seat may cause the engine to explode, and that's not our fault. You are also prohibited from selling or transferring ownership of the vehicle, and if you do so (because by entering this dealership you agreed to our Enhanced Forced Arbitration Agreement), you will be apprehended by one of our Product Compliance Experts and may be sentenced to 1-5 years in our Consumer Re-education Camp/Production Facility."

[@littleshopofrandom685]

Ford sold BIW (body in white) mustangs for racing and you needed to sign all sorts of things to buy one - one specifically was a clause that you can never put the car on the road. This is because they would always be potentially liable if the card frame failed and hurt someone on the road. Now obviously they have not real control over what you do with it, that wasnt the real point though. The purpose of the clause is that if you "breached" the contract, then that gives them an out of responsibility. Fair enough, and more importantly CLEAR and understood by all parties. I expect lenovo is trying to do the same thing here, but is being very sloppy and VERY ambiguous about it.

[@csumme7]

Louis, it may be because you are in the US. I have bought Motorola phones and never had any issues with unlocking the bootloaders as well as with other brands too. The reason is because they can't sell networked locked phones here. No such thing as a carrier locked phone as all phones are unlocked and this may also have an effect in the bootloader not having any restrictions in being unlocked. My Moto E22 can be unlocked and locked if I want to without needing a code for example. We know manufactures get money and discounts from other companies when they make devices according to their requests (like Windows on PCs by default or why you can get that 1500 dollar phone for 100 bucks at AT&T) and there could be something that with it going to the US there is software limitations or restriction compared to other parts of the world. Same is with like Samsung would only sell snapdragon phones in the US but everyone else had to deal with their exynos chipped ones.

[@ss-xy2im]

Which country?

[@needsLITHIUM]

OnePlus still lets you unlock bootloaders. It's in the Developer Menu. It has a single toggle switch to unlock your bootloader and your carrier, built-in to the device. OnePlus was bought by Oppo years ago, but apparently they retain their autonomy.

[@hytek2009]

I love watching these videos because it's a reminder of the freedoms we used to have when I was younger. It's sad that ownership is being redefined in a very sneaky way. They want us to feel like we are not the owners of the stuff that we pay for, we are only the users of it, or somehow just renting it. Fk that BS. Never going to buy any of these products. The problem I see is that slowly all the companies will fall in line.

[@Mario_b2921a3f]

You sir, are a man of honor, the advocate of us customers. Thank you!

[@MarshallMathersthe7th]

I LOVED how you referred to the cableguys in SP, i legit just watched that clip before i clicked on your video hahaha.

[@rossmanngroup]

?

[@MarshallMathersthe7th]

​@@rossmanngroup ? What's the question?

[@Kyller3030]

@@rossmanngroup SP is South Park

[@Araretoy]

Yes,the nipple flaps on the uniforms just killed me when I first saw it. Still does.

[@b.o.4492]

I’ve seen you someplace before? Anyway great video. Now I’ll watch more of it.

[@rossmanngroup]

on youtube

[@robert5]

I used rant about lots of shit. Family was about to have me commuted as they are clueless and could give a shit less. Maybe I need a youtube channel... Or, just start smoking pot [to mellow out] and subscribe to Louis's channel, wait, hold my beer, done. Just subscribed. Rock on Louis I love it. There are a shit ton of phones out there. I am going to find the best pure android unlocked phone that is not Chinese and give it a try..... maybe. Any suggestions? PS... Hay Louis... if these idiots say something is illegal... OK. Who the frick is going to come and enforce this? I have never bought a Lenovo and it has been a really long time since I had a Motorola flip phone. Was not ever even considering their phones and wont.

[@alexjamesbaker]

I LOOOOVVVVE your angry rants! They are so passionate and informative. Definitely my favorite version of youtube Louis. I'm sure in real life there are better versions of you, but this is as good as it gets for this medium!

[@TheChaosmage123]

And i am staying tuned!

[@mrbojinkles22]

I swear, every video LR gets just a little bit more angry. Glad that someone is out there exposing anti-consumer practices in technology.

[@ruimaciel2763]

I also would love a discussion about apps refusing to work on unlocked devices because of "security", specially bank apps. My phone manufacturer stopped releasing security updates long time ago. I think I am more secure using an open source operating system that still has security updates than using a brick stuck on android 10 that no longer receives security updates.

[@rohansampat1995]

You mistake what they mean by security. They want security from *you*

[@ruimaciel2763]

@@rohansampat1995 What do you mean

[@superclue]

Just want to stick up for my Pixel 6a which has been wonderful radiowise. I live out in the sticks, and I switched from Verizon where I could get NO phone service in my aluminum duck that I live in. Now I get complete service. I don't know anything about what you're saying about Qualcomm but my 6a is solid gold and works always.

[@AmokayII]

i really can't get these companies, is the number of let's say bricked products due to users unlocking them and installing whatever they need that big in comparison to the number of sales they loose when potential buyers see shit like this? I could get not offering support if I change the OS in this situation I would be the one that changed the terms of the sale and they would be in the right to react and I have no reasonable expectation for them to create a new department inside the support branch just because I want a different OS but to void warranty is absurd and for them to say I would commit a crime if a sell it is down right dystopian. I am a motorola phone user atm, on my own a few years back i reached the conclusion I can stomach this company getting my money, and while I do not intend to change my phone because of this when the time comes to get a new one motorola will have lost a customer.

[@Loridak-q1p]

Lenovo gave me a 5 dollar laptop. Was an interesting choice to try chrome casting with before I got bored and let the cats p̷̠̣̌i̴̞͗͂s̶̗̬̈ś̸̢̯̌ ̸̳̌̏o̸͗ͅn̵̤̎ ̶̺̳̒i̷̡̔͐ͅt̴̻̊͒

[@1mwls]

I agree entirely, I'm 63 and have watched your channel for a long time. The problem is the younger generation doesn't care. I'm saying 25 and younger do not care. And have no idea how they are being taken advantage of.

[@illitero]

Every generation has people that don't care. Things are considerably different now and it's just easier to be fed an image of vapid kids where someone older ends up being spiteful enough for one reason or another to believe it's wholly representative when it's not. Regardless of _when_ a kid exists, their focus is simply on themselves because that's all they know. Earnest, outgoing empathy doesn't have much of a chance to develop until after experiencing their own hardships and becoming more aware of the world around them. It's at that crucial point where they either choose to be a considerate adult or continue being a short-sighted brat with aggressive disdain for the problems of others because they're preoccupied with their own pursuits.

[@matuko313]

I'm 55 and comments like yours are just embarrassing. Companies like Lenovo are overreaching because of people 25 and younger not caring? How does that work-do they run these companies? Do they write consumer legislation? I hate to break it to you, but it's people your age and my age who are doing this and allowing companies to do this. What did we do to stop them from doing this? Channel your resentment towards your own mistakes in life.

[@farhanrejwan]

i'm almost 30 now, but at this rate i'm not sure if i wanna stay alive on this planet after 63

[@illitero]

@@farhanrejwan Between technology getting objectively less functional because it's made to presume what you want instead of simply doing what you want, and that technology being shoehorned into vehicles, I've felt the exact same way. The future is no longer exciting, it's horrifying NOW.

[@VGMoose]

ASUS Zenfone is doing this same thing! They’ve said they’re going to make the unlock tool available “soon”, which needs a server and a code. It’s been more than a year and still nothing.

[@TheSocialProfile]

I love the way he ramps up the fact rage. How the fuck can us not have even the most basic consumer rights?

[@mr.grotto]

I switched from a moto G to a pixel 6 pro because of Louis... He switches to the moto G, now I'm happy I switched.

[@curtisscott9251]

Hey louis, appreciate this video. I was on board with you supporting Motorola and lenovo. I've owned them both in the past and found them to be durable reliable and long-lived hardware. I have a t420s Lenovo that I just installed Linux Zorin on and wow! I am currently sending this text on a Moto G power and it is an awesome phone. So disappointing to see these developments with a company that I've had such great respect for in the past. By the way, you may want to give Linux Zorin a shake. It will run many Windows software packages out of the box and the configuration I have feels a lot like Windows 7. And the old laptop has a serious performance increase. Very best wishes.

[@Yock1980]

I would absolutely love for them to void the warranty here in the EU, the fine would be gigantic! Side note: When buying anything with a computer in it, look out for a "we do not provide guarantee on software", it's just a way for them to be able to brick old devices with updates and is illegal and not enforceable. Sony does it with their TVs, i found that out the hard way but won my "case" with help from a consumer agency.

[@jerrymcweston3510]

I had a Lenovo computer a few years back. Windows corrupted itself while updating and so I sent the computer to Lenovo to reinstall Windows. They refused, and wouldn't even give me the computer back or even give me a refund. I finally got them to give me a refund, but they still didn't even refund the whole price of the computer. I was very mad and will never buy another Lenovo computer again.

[@PR-cj8pd]

Why is it Lenovo's fault that Windows corrupted itself while updating?

[@thegeforce6625]

could be software that lenovo installed broke windows while updating.

[@jerrymcweston3510]

@@PR-cj8pd its not; its Lenovo's response to it.

[@OG_Mereles]

Ey Louis, you did not swallow your pride or dignity. You showed just how much dignity you have. Taking back your words requires a spine. Something the slimy execs working at those companies will always lack. ❤